the backline

[Yeahright]

Grimes for me is the iffy one and again people will disagree i also think we need to find another quality kpd.

What don't you like about Grimes Claw?

Conca is finished mate.

Trade or delist, seriously...

Worth absolute peanuts so may as well play him and he may either a) get injured again or b) increase his trade value. I don't think it could get any worse

[Penelope]

thinks he is soft

[MintOnLamb]

From within my back 6 for the rest of the year would go

Grimes - Elton - C Moore.
McIntosh - Rance - Deledio 

Moore if he shows enough. A strong marking third tall with really good pace and agility is what we are screaming out for.

Others options could be Menadue, or Yarran to provide run pace delivery and rebound. I like the idea of Menadue playing off h/b because i think he would be  accountable and will actually defend well. He may still be a bit light atm to plonk back there but that would be my aim down the track. Yarran same as Menadue pace, run rebound and good delivery plays a bit like Houli though and is unaccountable.Would happily plonk him on a wing instead of playing B Ellis.
Deledio for me should play either wing or h/b i know people think otherwise.

Grimes for me is the iffy one and again people will disagree i also think we need to find another quality kpd.

BTW, how is Yazza going?

[Go Richo 12]

From within my back 6 for the rest of the year would go

Grimes - Elton - C Moore.
McIntosh - Rance - Deledio 

Moore if he shows enough. A strong marking third tall with really good pace and agility is what we are screaming out for.

Others options could be Menadue, or Yarran to provide run pace delivery and rebound. I like the idea of Menadue playing off h/b because i think he would be  accountable and will actually defend well. He may still be a bit light atm to plonk back there but that would be my aim down the track. Yarran same as Menadue pace, run rebound and good delivery plays a bit like Houli though and is unaccountable.Would happily plonk him on a wing instead of playing B Ellis.
Deledio for me should play either wing or h/b i know people think otherwise.

Grimes for me is the iffy one and again people will disagree i also think we need to find another quality kpd.

BTW, how is Yazza going?

Yazza will be like a new recruit for us.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Maybe we could coax Foley out of retirement. Now he would be like a new recruit.

[Stalin]

Morris
Hunt
Chaplin

Still looks bang average

Bring on the yarren

[Heart of Darkness]

Morris
Hunt
Chaplin

Still looks bang average

Bring on the yarren

Those 3 need replacing. Moore and Castagna aren't up to it but in an ideal world they would come through and along with Yarran replace those 3 in 2017.

[Diocletian]

Certainly didn't miss Houli down there or, dare I say it,  McIntosh.....

[(•))(©™]

I'd go a step,further and say theyve played better without Cotchins insipid leadership.
Not to berate him but there is a problem.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

I'd go a step,further and say theyve played better without Cotchins insipid leadership.
Not to berate him but there is a problem.

Lids certainly stepped up to the plate this week.
Should have always been given the captaincy and have left Cotch alone to develop his game. Then a succession to Cotch once Lids hung up his boots. By then he would have been a better captain too.

[big tone]

Certainly didn't miss Houli down there or, dare I say it,  McIntosh.....

As much as McIntosh does make some mistakes, he curtainly adds some toughness to the backline and a fair bit of rebound. I think HB is his best position for now and hopefully he can reduce those brain fades. He needs to work on his one on one defending but I think he has the tools and attitude to do so.  The sooner we see the back of Houli and BEllis in our backline the better.
Same goes with Chaplin and Batchelor.

I'd like to see this at some stage before the year is out.
Grimes  Rance  Castagna
Conca  McIntosh   Yarran

[(•))(©™]

Conca?
 

[big tone]

Conca?
 

Yer I thought he did really well there in the pre season. Worth another look at him there.
If not there, he is no where.

[big tone]

Certainly didn't miss Houli down there or, dare I say it,  McIntosh.....

As much as McIntosh does make some mistakes, he curtainly adds some toughness to the backline and a fair bit of rebound. I think HB is his best position for now and hopefully he can reduce those brain fades. He needs to work on his one on one defending but I think he has the tools and attitude to do so.  The sooner we see the back of Houli and BEllis in our backline the better.
Same goes with Chaplin and Batchelor.

I'd like to see this at some stage before the year is out.
Grimes  Rance  Castagna
Conca  McIntosh   Yarran

If we could get Rance (194cm), Grimes (193) and McIntosh (192) to be our 3 talls down back, it gives us much more rebound than having guys like Astbury, Elton, Chaplin.
If you look at what Hawthorn do with their talls, Frawley (193), Gibson (189), Birchall (193) or Stratton (189), they use smaller more agile and offensive guys to take on opposition tall forwardlines.

Maybe we need to find anther "tall" to play like they do with their 4 "tallish" backman.
Gibson and more so Stratton can play either on smalls or talls which is important.

Thoughts on a backman who we could find to play that roll along side our 3? Broad??

[(•))(©™]

Conca?
 

Yer I thought he did really well there in the pre season. Worth another look at him there.
If not there, he is no where.

He should be nowhere.